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31 October 2010

Ruth Page’s Pavlova passion

The great Chicago dance maker Ruth Page reminisces on the impact Anna Pavlova had on her career and on her life. [...]

29 October 2010

Ballet is dead. Long live ballet.

pavlova, dying

The lack of direction in the dance world has grown so dire that dance writers are scribbling what was previously unimaginable. Essays with titles like: “Is Ballet Over?” Other writers, however, are pushing back. [...]

8 March 2010

Pavlov(a)’s dog … of a movie

Anna in H'wood

Anna Pavlova’s sole appearance in a feature film was in “The Dumb Girl of Portici” by Universal Pictures in 1915. Even Hollywood’s highest paying director, a woman named Lois Weber, did not succeed in bringing out Pavlova’s soulful quality. [...]

27 February 2010

Anna Pavlova visits Hollywood

Pickford - Pavlova 1925

When Anna Pavlova made “The Dumb Girl of Portici” for female director Lois Weber at Universal Studios in 1915, she demanded and received privacy on the set. Then Pavlova returned in 1925 for the filming of her ballet dancing at Pickford-Fairbanks studios. [...]